Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 64)

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No matter how long or how hard you shop for an item, after you've bought it it will be on sale somewhere cheaper.

Money Murphy’s Laws Shopping Time

We’re all going down the same road in different directions.

Life Murphy’s Laws

A taxpayer is someone who does not have to take a civil service exam in order to work for the government.

Government Murphy’s Laws Taxes

Batteries die at the most critical time of the most complex problem.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Things

Tact is the art of telling someone to lose thirty pounds without ever using the word “fat.”

Characteristics Fat Murphy’s Laws

History does not repeat itself; historians simply repeat each other.

History Murphy’s Laws Time

There is no proposition, no matter how foolish, for which a dozen Nobel signatures cannot be collected.

Ideas Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish yourself as an expert.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Situations

Anything, no matter how bad, will sound good if played at a very high volume for a short time.

Murphy’s Laws Science/Weather

Disorder expands proportionately to the tolerance for it.

Murphy’s Laws

The effectiveness of a telephone conversation is in inverse proportion to the time spent on it.

Communication Conversation Murphy’s Laws Time

If you need four screws for the job, the first three are easy to find.

Murphy’s Laws Things

If you haven’t struck oil in twenty minutes, quit boring.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Speech

Whatever you want, you can’t have, what you can have, you don’t want.

Murphy’s Laws

Whenever someone you know, or someone you do business with, moves to a new location, it’s always farther away.

Murphy’s Laws People

Some days it's better to stay in bed.

Murphy’s Laws

Caveats are always* forgotten.
*Caveat: except in rare instances.

Murphy’s Laws

Necessity never made a good bargain.

Murphy’s Laws

If you don't write to complain, you'll never receive your order. If you do write, you'll receive the merchandise before your angry letter reaches its destination.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing Shopping

When the need arises, the tool or object closest to you becomes a hammer.

Murphy’s Laws

The cost of the hairdo is directly related to the strength of the wind.

Appearance Hair Murphy’s Laws